THE SALAD BAR
40 7TH ST S, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Nov 19, 2025
Official source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.gov) · All data sources
Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 4 inspections on record for THE SALAD BAR, spanning January 2023 to November 2025 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.
It has held failed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 8 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Nov 19, 2025
✕8 violations
- Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and held for more than 24 hours. Day one is the day the food was made.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Have enough handwashing sinks for convenient use by employees.
- Remove frozen fish from the reduced oxygen package prior to thawing under refrigeration or immediately after thawing if using the running water method of thawing.
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
Nov 20, 2024
✕4 violations
- Keep at each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks one of: • A supply of disposable towels • A continuous towel system • An approved air temperature hand drying device
- Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and held for more than 24 hours. Day one is the day the food was made.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
Dec 6, 2023
✓6 violations
- Keep at each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks one of: • A supply of disposable towels • A continuous towel system • An approved air temperature hand drying device
- Post the Certified Food Protection Manager certificate.
- Discontinue the use of a food preparation sink for anything other than food preparation.
- Stop using food contact surfaces with cracks, pits, chips, open seams or rough sections.
- When utensils are stored in food, keep the handles stored above the level of the food to prevent contamination.
- The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.
Jan 18, 2023
✕5 violations
- Food service equipment must be certified for sanitation. The certification must be by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited program.
- Store all clean equipment and utensils in a self-draining position that permits air drying and covered and inverted.
- Keep at each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks one of: • A supply of disposable towels • A continuous towel system • An approved air temperature hand drying device
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
- Post the Certified Food Protection Manager certificate.
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Source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.gov). Data shown unmodified from the official government record. CleanPlate is an independent service, not affiliated with any government agency. See something wrong? Report a data issue.
